Mysore/Mysuru: As a tribute to late actor Puneeth Rajkumar, the University of Mysore (UoM) will be conferring Honorary Doctorate award — Honoris Causa (D.Sc) — posthumously on Puneeth Rajkumar, fondly called Appu and ‘Power Star’, at its 102nd Convocation to take place on Mar. 22. Announcing this at a press meet at Crawford Hall this…
C.M. Ibrahim quits Congress, meets HDD and HDK
March 13, 2022Bengaluru: Veteran Congress leader and MLC C.M. Ibrahim on Saturday formally quit the Congress and also resigned as MLC. Ibrahim, who was unhappy with the Congress leadership for the past several months after he was denied the post of Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council, had hinted that he would be quitting the Congress. Now,…
Lok Adalat: 53-year-old property feud settled
March 13, 2022Dispute had 40 parties of one family represented by a total of 10 lawyers Mysore/Mysuru: The National Lok Adalat, the first one this year, that was held yesterday, broke a record of sorts by resolving a 53-year-old property dispute. In all, the Adalat settled 55,133 cases through mutual settlement and arbitration. Speaking to reporters at…
Illegally stored petrol costs man his life
March 13, 2022LPG cylinder explodes; Houses, shop gutted in T. Narasipur T. Narasipur: A man was burnt alive, while four houses and the shop in which he had stored and sold petrol illegally caught fire reducing the houses and shop into ashes. The incident took place at Seehalli village in the taluk yesterday evening. The deceased has…
‘Revenue records to door-step’ campaign launched
March 13, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government’s new initiative to deliver Revenue documents like Pahani, Caste certificate, Income certificate etc. to the door-step of the people was launched by distributing Revenue records in Dadadakalahalli village of Yelwal hobli in Mysuru taluk yesterday. This programme of providing Revenue records to door-steps was launched across the State yesterday and in…
Bahuroopi National Theatre Fest begins
March 13, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The 9-day ‘Bahuroopi Raashtriya Rangotsava,’ an annual national theatre festival, got off to a colourful start amidst a huge gathering at Rangayana premises here yesterday. ‘Vrukshamaate’ Padma Shri Tulasi Gowda inaugurated the festival by rocking a cradle with a child in it to the tune of a lullaby, symbolic of the theme of the…
Minister inaugurates Pre-Matric, Post-Matric Boys Hostels
March 13, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Transport and SC/ST Welfare B. Sriramulu, inaugurated the newly constructed Boys Pre-matric and Post-Matric Hostels at Paramahamsa Nagar in Srirampura yesterday in the presence of District In-charge Minister S.T. Somashekar and others. The Hostel is constructed for SC/ST students at a cost of Rs. 5.36 crore. This four-storeyed building has rooms, dining…
MUDA reclaims land worth Rs. 120 cr.
March 13, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing its drive against encroachment of its lands, the MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) in an early morning operation on Wednesday, reclaimed 6 acres and 13 guntas of encroached land coming under Hinkal Sy. No. 264 and adjacent to a park in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage. MUDA officials said that the Authority had issued final…
Man kills teen in Malavalli, found dead in Kodagu
March 13, 2022Somwarpet: A 29-year-old youth, who had allegedly murdered a girl student and had gone missing, was found dead in Kodagu. Police said that he have committed suicide. His decomposed body was found near Mallalli Water Falls on Mar. 1. He has been identified as Shashikumar of Malavalli town. On Mar. 1, a villager of Mallalli…
30 life-term convicts released for good conduct
March 13, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: It was a memorable day for 30 jail inmates serving life sentence, as they walked out of Mysuru Central Jail on Friday after being released from prison for good conduct. The Government had recently ordered release of a total of 166 prisoners serving life sentence and lodged in jails across the State, on grounds…















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